Synodic month length 29.64 days

Length of current 1058 lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 28 minutes. It is 28 minutes shorter than next lunation 1059 length.

Lunation length longer than mean

Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 44 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 19 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.

Lunar orbit position on 18 August 2085 Saturday 12:00 UTC

True anomaly ∠156.8°

This lunation true anomaly is ∠156.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠180.2°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).

Moon before apogee

12 days after point of perigee on 6 August 2085 at 03:30 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next apogee on 20 August 2085 at 08:35 in ♌ Leo.

Distance to Moon 403 951 km

Moon is 403 951 km(251 004 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next day until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 622 km(252 663 mi).

Moon after descending node

2 days after its descending node on 15 August 2085 at 13:51 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 11 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 30 August 2085 at 02:34 in ♐ Sagittarius.

Draconic month

Moon after northern standstill

3 days after previous North standstill on 14 August 2085 at 14:33 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠23.995°. Next 10 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-23.865° in the next southern standstill on 29 August 2085 at 08:12 in ♐ Sagittarius.